The Worst Film Ever

Such a frustrating disappointment

How sad is this?

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

I admit, when I first viewed this movie (Under the American title "Hearts of War")I didn't think much of it. While I love forbidden romances and find the happenings of WWII fascinating, I thought the plot moved too quickly for my liking. For instance, I would've liked for Oskar and Rachel's relationship to blossom a bit; it just all felt very rushed. But I recently watched it again and came to appreciate it and even classify it as one of my favorites. The wilds of Ontario is convincing as Polish countryside and I appreciate that the actors use real accents as opposed to American/Canadian ones (see "Valkyrie"). That bugs me; the films always lose something without the proper accents. All in all, Oskar and Rachel's love set against the backdrop of the Nazi invasion of Poland kept me riveted. I was surprise the baby was killed; children usually survive movies like this. The only real complaint I have is the ending. What happened?! Did they get out? And how?

After reading some of the bad feedback from other reviews, I decided to watch it anyway. Unfortunately, they were all spot on. Its rather a shame too, as the it 'looked' quite authentic with some decent effort made towards costume and setting. Even the cinematography was at a decent standard. However, everything else was pretty bad, terrible even. The main thing that let it down was the bad script which led to some appalling dialogue and acting at times. Some scenes are laughable its that bad. The funniest scene been at 43 minutes when a boom mic appears in shot for about 10 seconds. I've given it a 3 simply for the mise en scene.

If people in Poland during WWII are offered asylum by transport to Canada instead of Sweden or Switzerland, you know you're in for trouble. The plot had gigantic holes in it. Manslaughter gets no penalty, People make social visits to soldiers at the front unannounced, a bloody face becomes perfect in the next scene. Nine months pass and there is no change in season, yet the day after a blizzard, there is no snow on the ground.The leading female character was written either so unrealistically or just as a tramp, it was really unbelievable. Giving examples would be spoilers.I think Darryl Hannah and Roy Scheider may not have been doing great movies, but even they had to be embarrassed to be in this one. It's a good thing I saw it for free.

I found this movie on DVD at Blockbuster under the above title. I was very disappointed. It was unrealistic and the plot full of holes. The German accents were almost annoying and even hard to understand. The only redeeming quality of this movie was Roy Scheider as the rabbi. At least he seemed believable. Whoever came up with the script should have watched a good Holocaust movie like Schindler's List first before subjecting the public to this mediocre stuff. Darryl Hannah talents were wasted in this film, plus she didn't seem old enough to have a grown (twenty-something) son. Forget about watching The Poet, aka Hearts of War!!!